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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Thought, said, heard, understood.
The fool is always getting ready to live.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
Switching costs.
Builder, investor, trader.
The simpler the story, the bigger the market.
Shoot.
Slow down.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
Those who have nothing to lose are very rich.
Failure = feedback.
When you feel like giving up is precisely the point everybody else gives up. So it’s at that point that you must put in extra effort.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
Reason for being
If you keep looking back, you're gonna trip going forward.
Map ≠ Territory
‘Everything is original, nothing is original’
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Wealth is a ratio, not a number.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
More ≠ more.
Numbers obscure nuance.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
Hours vs. Iterations
View reading as an investment.
Knowing vs. understanding.
There are three types of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Distraction, focus.
Everyone, Someone.
Building vs. betting.
Generalist, specialist.
Each man believes only his experience.
Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
We suffer more in imagination than reality.
The shortcut is to stop looking for shortcuts.
More before better.
Thought, Spoken, Heard
Learning.
Labor, leverage.
Creativity before productivity.
What you can imagine depends on what you know.
Truth
Cover, story.
One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do.”
The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
The more we know, the more we know we don't know.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
No great thing is created suddenly.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Freedom is the gap between earn and burn.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.